Iedcaru (Marching Tower)

Ground Floor

Investigating the tower, the party discovered the ground floor was a large library full of books on the multiverse and obscure theories on it along with many reading areas and meditation nooks. There was a crystal sarcophagus with a long dead githzerai scholar inside. Its eyes had been replaced with bronze ones and if you talked about a subject, the eyes would look at where that subject could be found in the library. Also, one of the candles in a meditation nook pinged as magic, so it was gathered and will be examined later.

The tower had been abandoned and later taken over by tiefling bandits.

Upper Levels

Exploring the level, the party discovered a bunch of bedrooms, along with a study full of notes and maps of the planes. Additionally, a strange humanoid skull apparently made out of colored glass and various metals rested on the desk. The party took it, just in case.

Exploring up the ladder, the party found a terrified gnome wizard named Ferd’no apparently hiding from the Yugoloths. He thanked the party for saving him and asked if the monsters were all dead. He accompanied the party for a bit, but once he knew the coast was clear, he fled down the ladder and out of the tower.

The room Ferd’no was hiding in had a strange crude humanoid statue leaning over a round stone table. The party examined it but found no secret doors or any way to activate it. The ladder up was blocked with a bolted hatch, which the party opened. On the top floor was a small pillar in the middle of the room with a large gemstone mounted on top. Sitting peacefully in the corner was an elderly githzerai woman.

Marching

Since marching towers were often used by bandits or as weapons of war, they were unlikely to be attacked en route. Plus, the legs were ~50’ long and 12 mph (a 5 minute mile), was pretty fast. If they were going to be attacked, it would probably happen when they stopped and attacks while marching were extremely rare.